Rompon
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region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
Department | Ardèche | |
Arrondissement | Privas | |
Canton | Le Pouzin | |
Community association | Privas Center Ardèche | |
Coordinates | 44 ° 46 ′ N , 4 ° 43 ′ E | |
height | 85-510 m | |
surface | 22.03 km 2 | |
Residents | 1,083 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 49 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 07250, 07800 | |
INSEE code | 07198 | |
Website | http://www.rompon.fr/ | |
Town Hall (Mairie) of Rompon |
Rompon ( Occitan identical) is a French municipality with 1083 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Ardèche in the Region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . Rompon belongs to the Arrondissement Privas and the canton Le Pouzin (until 2015: canton La Voulte-sur-Rhône ). The inhabitants are called romponais (es) .
geography
Rompon is located about 15 kilometers south-southwest of Valence on the Rhône , which borders the municipality in the northeast. Rompon is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Saint-Laurent-du-Pape in the north, La Voulte-sur-Rhône in the northeast, Livron-sur-Drôme in the east and northeast, Le Pouzin in the east and southeast, Baix in the south, Saint-Julien- en-Saint-Alban in the south-west and Saint-Cierge-la-Serre in the west and north-west.
Population development
1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2014 |
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522 | 513 | 451 | 563 | 722 | 863 | 966 | 1,030 |
Source: Cassini and INSEE |
Attractions
- Saint Martin Church
- old church
- Deposit of fossils from the Jurassic Age
- Payre's cave